His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued an invitation to the leadership competencies, those with "exceptional" skills, as he called it.

"We are looking for new competencies, new blood, exceptional skills, and a passion for serving the country," he said in a post on his Twitter account, accompanied by a video of the most prominent figures of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development since its inception in 2003, including Graduation of the Center More than 600 leaders in various leadership positions in the country, including nine ministers and assistant agents, 35 general directors and executives, and 16 prominent personalities in various fields.

Under the title 'Become an Elite', the video included an invitation to join the elite of influential leaders by registering for the third installment of the 'Influential Leaders' program at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development, under the Executive Office of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, for a journey. Developing and refining leadership capabilities according to Mohammed bin Rashid's leadership model.

The Influential Leaders Program, designed in collaboration with international universities, attracts Emirati employees from various entities working in the government and private sectors, competing for 30 seats to join the third edition of the program, which aims to develop eight key leadership capabilities of the trainees, the main pillars of the Mohammed system. Bin Rashid Leadership.

This year's Leadership Program, which is open for direct entry through the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development (www.mbrcld.ae), includes training courses covering theoretical and practical activities and developing the intellectual and physical skills required in the leadership personality. Support and follow-up to develop his leadership capabilities.

The Director General of the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Saeed Al Attar, said: “The Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development aims to develop new national leaders according to the leadership system of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in cooperation with the best international specialized institutions. Supplying the leadership sector in the country with national cadres continuously ».

He added that the leadership training program includes leadership courses, research projects, international trips, and the development of new initiatives by the trainees themselves, adding that the programs of the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Preparation have the most applications of its kind, as the previous session only provided more than 3000 Emiratis, Only 30 candidates were admitted after a series of tests and assessments.

Al-Attar pointed out that the graduates of the program are among the elite leaders ready to take charge in many areas, due to their intellectual, leadership and practical. He also confirmed the launch of the Mohammed bin Rashid Center to prepare leaders for a range of specialized programs in new areas during the coming period.

The program "Influential Leaders" in its advanced courses simulates the latest global trends in the field of qualifying and preparing distinguished leaders. The program was designed based on the elements of the leadership system of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in partnership with three international universities, "UC Berkeley" in The United States, Imperial College London, and the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) from Switzerland.

The influential leaders program was launched in its first version in 2017 to prepare leaders to stimulate innovation in work methods and creativity, and achieve qualitative shifts in the paths of empowering cadres and work environments, and contribute to the future and industry, and the program received more than 4000 applications in the previous two sessions, 62 of them were able to enroll 30 participants per round, following a series of assessments and several qualifying stages.

Over the past two sessions, the program has organized more than 60 specialized training workshops, concluded strategic partnerships with 10 global strategic partners, and organized four international visits to its staff to see leading global experiences in critical areas such as digitization, technology, artificial intelligence, sustainability and other sectors vital to the human future.

Since its inception in 2003, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development has been offering quality programs and targeted activities that contribute to the qualification of leadership figures who have diverse vital skills, practical and life, able to adapt to developments and deal with changes flexibly and intelligently, and have the competence and knowledge to qualify them to make fundamental decisions and innovation. Solutions for future challenges.

To date, the Center has witnessed the graduation of more than 600 leaders in various fields and sectors, many of them in leadership positions in the first ranks within the public and private sectors.

8 Leadership Capabilities

The program aims to develop eight key leadership abilities among the trainees as the main pillars of the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership System. Which:

■ Strategic foresight.

■ Global citizenship.

■ Entrepreneurial thinking.

■ Passion.

■ Commitment and value creation.

■ Diversity and involvement.

■ attention to the human first.

■ Developing flexibility and curiosity.

• Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development aims to develop new national leaders according to the leadership system of Mohammed bin Rashid.

• Influential Leaders Program attracts Emirati employees from government and private sectors.

• 3000 Emirati applicants for the previous round of Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development.

• 30 members of the second grade leaders will be selected from thousands of applicants to participate in the leadership program.